Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings spoilers follow. Very, very mild spoilers, mind you, but still.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is out now, and is a subversion of the typical superhero cliché by not having its leading man get with the film's highest-build female star at the end. The titular hero, played by Simu Liu, and Katy, played by Awkwafina, start and end the film as friends, despite what Katy's grandmother believes.
Of course, a sequel could move them out of the friend zone into a romance, but as far as Awkwafina is concerned, she thinks they're fine the way they are.
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"I dunno. I think they have a really, really strong friendship, and that friendship is one based on loyalty and a blind trust on Katy's part, for sure, and also kind of an unspoken understanding," she told Entertainment Tonight.
Simu Liu shares a similar view, although he thinks that a romance could be on the cards if the powers that be decide on it.
"That nosy grandma is everyone’s grandma, I’m sure of it," he told The CS Network.
"I think Shaun and Katy have a really wonderful relationship where they support each other, where they love each other in their way, and they have this carefree energy where they can really, truly be themselves around each other. Whether that’s romantic or not, that’s not necessarily up for me to decide.
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"I think the door is certainly open, but I think people are just gonna have to tune in. Hopefully we’ll get another chance to revisit the characters, and then we’ll see what happens."
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is out now in cinemas in the UK and US.
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